Abstract
The authors present and evaluate an unplugged activity to introduce parallel computing concepts to undergraduate students. Students in five CS classrooms used a deck of playing cards in small groups to consider how parallelization can improve performance and how improvement decreases with increased parallelization. Before and after the activity, students took a short survey about their solution and their ideas about parallelism. The authors carried out this activity in seven courses at five institutions in the 2023-2024 academic year. The results showed that students had an increased appreciation for parallelization and this type of activity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of SC 2024-W |
| Subtitle of host publication | Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 363-369 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9798350355543 |
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| State | Published - 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2024 Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC Workshops 2024 - Atlanta, United States Duration: 17 Nov 2024 → 22 Nov 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SC 2024-W: Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis |
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Conference
| Conference | 2024 Workshops of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC Workshops 2024 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Atlanta |
| Period | 17/11/24 → 22/11/24 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 IEEE.
Keywords
- CS
- CS education
- computer science
- hands-on learning
- parallel distributed computing
- unplugged